Hanger for swinging or sliding gates



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J. T SARGENT. HANGER FOR SWINGING 0R- SLIDING GATES No; 414,726.

Patented Nov. 12, 1889.

Wifryzsscs I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB T. SARGENT, OF CARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS.

HANGER FOR SWINGING OR S LIDING GATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,726, dated November 12, 1889.

Application filed July 8, 1889- Serial No. 316,754. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB T. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carlinville, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Ilanger for Swinging or Sliding Gates, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hangers in swinging and sliding gates.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of hangers for swinging and sliding gates and enable them to be readily adjusted to raise or lower the gate.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional View.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates ahinge-post, and B designates a latch-post, which is provided with vertical stop-bar B and a block a, that is arranged between the post and said bar, and is adapted to support one end of a gate 0, and the said bar B and post B are connect-ed together by a cross-piece or plate B The gate G is mounted in a hanger D, which consists of upper inclined side bars cl, arranged parallel with each other and connected at their lower ends by a transverse bolt or spindle E, and the lower inclined side bars d and (1?, arranged parallel with each other and having their upper ends mounted on the said bolt or spindle G. The parallel bars cl and cl and (Z form, respectively, the upper and lower arms of the V-shaped hanger D, the adjacent ends of which arms extend inward toward the center of the gate. The side bars are preferably constructed of wood, and one of the upper bars (Z has bolted to it amet-allic strip F, whose other end is pivotally connected to a bracket G, that is suitably secured to a vertical bar D, forming a part of the hanger D. By this construction the upper portion of the hanger is rendered flexible, and should the vertical bars of the gate strike against the hanger the latter will not be injured, but will give. A similar bracket G is provided at the lower end of the vertical bar D, and the lower inclined side bar (1 is pivotally connected with the bracket G. The lower side bars are secured together at intervals with suitable rods or bolts that are arranged between the rails of the gate, and the upper side bars are provided with a series of perforations (2 to enable the spindle E, which carries a roller or sheave H, upon which the gate slides, to be adjusted to raise or lower the gate, as will readily be seen.

The hinge-post A is provided with suitable pintles I, which engage perforations g in the horizontal arms of the brackets G, whereby the hanger D is hinged to the post A.

The horizontal rails of the gate pass between the parallel side bars of the hanger, and are connected together by vertical end bars 0% m and the vertical brace-bar m which is arranged at an intermediate point of the gate, (preferably somewhat nearer the free than the hinged end of the gate,) whereby when the gate is rolled back until the said brace strikes the end of the hanger the gate will be balanced on the roller. The vertical bar on at the free end of the gate engages the stop-bar B, and one of the longitudinal rails restsupon the stud. Therefore, to open the gate slide it rearward until the brace-bar m bears against the apex of the hanger and swing the free end of the gate around after the manner of an ordinary hinged gate.

It will be seen that the advantage in forming the hanger V-shaped and having the lower inclined bars adjustable on the upper is that the hanger may be readily adjusted to ahigher or lower gate or to raise or lower a gate.

\Vhat- I claim is g The combination, in a hanger, of the vertical bar provided with brackets designed to receive suitable pintles, the upper inclined parallel side bars provided with a series of perforations, the lower inclined side bars, one of said bars being extended and pivoted to the lower end of the vertical rod, the metallic plates pivoted to the upper bracket and one of the upper side bars, and the spinclle carrying the roller and connecting" the outer ends of the side bars, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my. own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. JACOB T. SARGENT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. STEWARD, MARTIN L. KEPLINGER. 

